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Described the picture straightforwardly as 'Popular entertainment—that and nothing more. But that is enough.'
Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.
Directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Written byFrances Marion, Edith Maude Hull, Fred De Gresac
Critical Consensus
6.6
IMDb
6.1
TMDB
Widely regarded as featuring one of the best performances of Rudolph Valentino's career, *The Son of the Sheik* is a classic silent adventure that effectively capitalized on his 'Great Lover' image while serving as a poignant, wildly successful finale to his tragically short life.
The Cast
Rudolph Valentino
Ahmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Vilma Banky
Yasmin, André's Daughter
George Fawcett
André Romez
Montagu Love
Ghabah
Agnes Ayres
Diana - Wife of the Sheik
Karl Dane
Ramadan
Bull Montana
Mountebank
BH
Bynunsky Hyman
Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)
EB
Earl Gordon Bostwick
Bit Part
Erwin Connelly
The Zouve
Trivia
The film marks Rudolph Valentino's final screen performance; he tragically died of peritonitis at age 31 just two weeks before its nationwide general release.
Based on Edith Maude Hull's 1925 romance novel 'The Sons of the Sheik', it serves as a direct sequel to the 1921 global hit film 'The Sheik'.
Valentino tackled a dual role in the production, playing both the father (the original Sheik) and the son, Ahmed.
In 2003, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'.
Capitalizing on the massive public mourning following Valentino's death, the film grossed $1,000,000 worldwide within its first year and eventually more than doubled that amount.
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Contemporary critics on the aggregator cite it as a fitting, swashbuckling swan song that features some of Valentino's finest acting.
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